Bearded Man with his Right Arm Raised
Giuseppe Porta Italian, c. 1520–c. 1575
1562/64
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front.
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About this work
Between 1562 and 1566, Salviati was in Rome working on a commission for two large frescoes in the Sala Regia, a formal reception hall in the Vatican. This sheet is a single-figure study for the first of these, which depicts the peace treaty that Pope Alexander III and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa reached in Venice in 1177. The corresponding painted figure can be seen in the large crowd at right in the fresco.
An example of the artist’s mature draftsmanship, the drawing demonstrates a range of techniques, from the carefully modeled face and the crumpled pleats of the sleeve to the delicate black chalk of the figure’s beard.
- Artist
- Giuseppe Porta, called Giuseppe Salviati
- Date
- 1562/64
- Medium
- Black, red, and ocher chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on bluish gray laid paper
- Origin
- Italy
- Collection
- Prints and Drawings
- Reference
- 2019.860 · Art Institute of Chicago